Ornamental card and method of producing the same



PAUL J. osnonnn, OFTHOBOKEN, new JERSEY.

ORNAMENTAL CARD AND METHOD PRODUCING THE SAME.

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To all whom it may concera:

Be it known that I,'PAUL J. Osnounn, a citizen of the United'States, residin at Hoboken, county of Hudson, State of b ew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ornamental Cards and Methods of Producing theSame, of which the following is a specificationi My invention relatesto the production of ornamental cards, and more particularly to the application theretdof an iridescent but brittle materiah'such as mica, in combina tion with a printed design, in one o more colors, and has for its objects, first, to produce a card so ornamented, and, secondly, to produce the same by an improved method, as hereinafter more definitely will be pointed out and claimed.

Heretofore cards have been provided with printed designs, in one or more colors, and I propose to combine with said designs an ornamental substance, such as mica, said substance being applied to the cards by my improved method, as follows :The card first is passed through an ordinary printing press provided with a relief type, preferably of rubber, shaped to the configuration desired for the mica application, and by means of said type a layer of glue or other liquid adhesive of that configuration is applied to the card at a predetermined point. A thin sheet of mica of a size somewhat larger than the adhesive design is then applied thereto over said adhesive, to which it will adhere, and said card then is subjected to the action of a stamping or embossing press carrying an under die in relief shaped to a configuration conforming to that of the adhesive application, it being understood that means are provided for po sitioning the card in said embossing press so that said relief die will register accurately with said adhesive application. By applying suificient pressure the mica sheet will be united firmly to the card, and the slight upward embossing action of the die will weaken said sheet around the outline of said die, so that the surplus material lying outside the predetermined design readily may be broken oif. While any suitable upper surface may be employed in the above operation, in practice I provide an intaglio printing surface carrying the design that is to be printed on the card, which surface is uninked during said operation and acts simply as a matrix, NOW when the surplus Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

Application filed November 9, 1920. 7 Serial no. 422,860.

mica has been removed from thecard, it is re-introduced into the press, the intaglio surface is inked, and the desireddesign then printed on the card, it being understood that said design may be printed in part upon the mica and in part around the same.

I A preferred method of forming the under relief die used to unite the mica to thecard is first to print the design upon a piece of cardboard, then fix said printed cardboard to a baseplate' adapted to fit the press,two

or three additional layers of cardboardbeing interposed to raise said design, and finally cut away all of said cardboard layers except that portion of the design which is to be produced in the mica. This provides a slightly resilient relief die of the exact configuration of the desired mica design and accurately positioned, which will cooperate with the uninked intaglio plate properly to unite the mica to the card.

It will be understood that I contemplate printing the design in one, two or more colors, and this portion of the process forms no part of my invention, being old and well known in the printing art. 7

While I have described my invention as particularly adapted to the production of ornamental cards, and particularly that class of cards known as greetings cards, it will be understood that the same may be used in ornamenting other materials, such as leather and the like.

While I have described my improved process in'connection with mica as the or namental material, it will be understood that I contemplate employing for this purpose any other suitable iridescent but brittle material, such as mother-of-pearl, and the like. 7

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An ornamental card or the like, embodying a. printed design, and a sheet of mica or similar substance in predetermined outline incorporated with said design, said printed design being applied in part upon said mica. V

2. The method of ornamenting cards and the like, whichconsists, first, in fixing to the card a sheet of mica or similar substance in predetermined outline, and then printing upon said card a suitable design associated with said mica.

3. The method of ornamenting cards and the like, which consists, first, in fixing to the card a sheet of mica or similar substance in predetermined outline, and then printing upon said card a suitable design associated with said mica and in part overlying the same.

4. The method of ornamenting cards and the like, which consists, first, in applying to said card an adhesive in predetermined outline, then applying a sheet of mica or similar substance upon said adhesive, said sheet overlapping said adhesive limits, and finally breaking off that portion of said sheet out side the limits of the adhesive.

5. The method of ornamenting cards and the like, which consists, first, in applying to said card an adhesive in predetermined outline, then applying a sheet or" mica or simi lar substance upon said adhesive, said sheet overlapping said adhesive limits, then applying pressure to that portion only of the card which contains the adhesive, then breaking ofi that portion of said sheet outside the limits of the adhesive, and finally printing a design upon said card associated with said mica.

6. The method of ornamenting cards and the like, which consists, first, in applying to said card an adhesive in predetermined outline, then applying a sheet of mica or similar substance upon said adhesive, said sheet overlapping said adhesive limits, then applying pressure to that portion only of the card which contains the adhesive, then breaking off that portion of said sheet outside the limits of the adhesive, and finally printing a design upon said card associated with said mica and in part overlying the same.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

PAUL J. OSBORNE. 

